Issues of health and disease relating to coal use in southwestern China

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 119-132

  Zheng, Baoshan ^a   Ding, Zhenhua ^a   Huang, Ronggui ^a   Zhu, Jianming ^a   Yu, Xiaoying ^a   Wang, Aimin ^b   Zhou, Daixing ^c   Mao, Dajun ^d   Su, Hongcan ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Guizhou Province 552100 ^*  (China)

^c Sanitation Antiepidemic Stn Q   (China)

^d Sanitation Antiepidemic Stn Exi A   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Disease caused by coal; Fluorine; Human health; Selenium

Indexed keywords

ARSENISM; FLUOROSIS; SELENOSIS;

ARSENIC; DISEASES; FLUORINE; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; SELENIUM; TOXIC MATERIALS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

COAL;

ARSENIC; COAL; ENERGY RESOURCE; HEALTH RISK;

CHINA;

EID: 0033150490     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-5162(98)00064-0     Document Type: Article

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